Ford introduced the 385 big block V8 engine series in the late 1960s as it phased out the MEL (Mercury Edsel Lincoln) big block design. The 385 big block, named for the 3.85-inch crankshaft stroke ...

The middle-of-the-road option was the 429 Cobra V8 (the hot engine and the hot car shared the name, which might lead to some confusion). Ford claimed that the increased compression of 11.3:1 added ...

Well, Ford developed a 427-CI V8, known as the Calliope, for the 1968 Le Mans 24-hour race. The "Calliope" nickname was coined because the fuel injector stacks that sat above each cylinder looked ...

As Ford said, this was the "hottest of them all," coming with a 429 four-barrel engine as standard. It could also be fitted with more powerful engines, namely the 429 Cobra or the Cobra Jet Ram ...